diff --git a/src/components/Navigator/QuickNavigationModal.vue b/src/components/Navigator/QuickNavigationModal.vue
index a7c71efbb..3b02059b0 100644
--- a/src/components/Navigator/QuickNavigationModal.vue
+++ b/src/components/Navigator/QuickNavigationModal.vue
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@
             </p>
           </div>
           <template v-else>
-            <div class="quick-navigation__refs">
+            <div
+              v-bind="{[SCROLL_LOCK_DISABLE_ATTR]: true}"
+              class="quick-navigation__refs"
+            >
               <Reference
                 v-for="(symbol, index) in filteredSymbols"
                 class="quick-navigation__reference"
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@
               class="quick-navigation__preview"
               :json="previewJSON"
               :state="previewState"
+              v-bind="{[SCROLL_LOCK_DISABLE_ATTR]: true}"
             />
           </template>
         </div>
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ import keyboardNavigation from 'docc-render/mixins/keyboardNavigation';
 import LRUMap from 'docc-render/utils/lru-map';
 import { convertChildrenArrayToObject, getParents } from 'docc-render/utils/navigatorData';
 import { fetchDataForPreview } from 'docc-render/utils/data';
+import { SCROLL_LOCK_DISABLE_ATTR } from 'docc-render/utils/scroll-lock';
 
 const { PreviewState } = QuickNavigationPreview.constants;
 
@@ -174,6 +179,7 @@ export default {
       focusedInput: false,
       cachedSymbolResults: {},
       previewIsLoadingSlowly: false,
+      SCROLL_LOCK_DISABLE_ATTR,
     };
   },
   props: {
diff --git a/src/utils/scroll-lock.js b/src/utils/scroll-lock.js
index 7b42f3e3f..a9ac31acd 100644
--- a/src/utils/scroll-lock.js
+++ b/src/utils/scroll-lock.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 let isLocked = false;
 let initialClientY = -1;
 let scrolledClientY = 0;
+// Adds this attribute to an inner scrollable element to allow it to scroll
+export const SCROLL_LOCK_DISABLE_ATTR = 'data-scroll-lock-disable';
 
 const isIosDevice = () => window.navigator
   && window.navigator.platform
@@ -79,12 +81,14 @@ function advancedUnlock(targetElement) {
  */
 function handleScroll(event, targetElement) {
   const clientY = event.targetTouches[0].clientY - initialClientY;
-  if (targetElement.scrollTop === 0 && clientY > 0) {
+  // check if any parent has a scroll-lock disable, if not use the targetElement
+  const target = event.target.closest(`[${SCROLL_LOCK_DISABLE_ATTR}]`) || targetElement;
+  if (target.scrollTop === 0 && clientY > 0) {
     // element is at the top of its scroll.
     return preventDefault(event);
   }
 
-  if (isTargetElementTotallyScrolled(targetElement) && clientY < 0) {
+  if (isTargetElementTotallyScrolled(target) && clientY < 0) {
     // element is at the bottom of its scroll.
     return preventDefault(event);
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/components/Navigator/QuickNavigationModal.spec.js b/tests/unit/components/Navigator/QuickNavigationModal.spec.js
index 22e98f930..25ab2c91d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/components/Navigator/QuickNavigationModal.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/components/Navigator/QuickNavigationModal.spec.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import QuickNavigationHighlighter from '@/components/Navigator/QuickNavigationHi
 import QuickNavigationModal from '@/components/Navigator/QuickNavigationModal.vue';
 import QuickNavigationPreview from '@/components/Navigator/QuickNavigationPreview.vue';
 import Reference from '@/components/ContentNode/Reference.vue';
+import { SCROLL_LOCK_DISABLE_ATTR } from '@/utils/scroll-lock';
 import { flushPromises } from '../../../../test-utils';
 
 jest.mock('@/utils/data');
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ describe('QuickNavigationModal', () => {
     expect(wrapper.vm.debouncedInput).toBe(inputValue);
     expect(wrapper.findAll('.quick-navigation__symbol-match').length).toBe(filteredSymbols.length);
     expect(wrapper.find('.no-results').exists()).toBe(false);
+    expect(wrapper.find('.quick-navigation__refs').attributes(SCROLL_LOCK_DISABLE_ATTR)).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it('it renders the `no results found` string when no symbols are found given an input', () => {
@@ -375,6 +377,7 @@ describe('QuickNavigationModal', () => {
       const preview = wrapper.find(QuickNavigationPreview);
       expect(preview.exists()).toBe(true);
       expect(preview.props('state')).toBe(PreviewState.loading);
+      expect(preview.attributes(SCROLL_LOCK_DISABLE_ATTR)).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
     it('renders with a successful state and data when data is loaded', async () => {
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/scroll-lock.spec.js b/tests/unit/utils/scroll-lock.spec.js
index bdf15b481..3a67eede6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/scroll-lock.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/scroll-lock.spec.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * See https://swift.org/CONTRIBUTORS.txt for Swift project authors
 */
 
-import scrollLock from 'docc-render/utils/scroll-lock';
+import scrollLock, { SCROLL_LOCK_DISABLE_ATTR } from 'docc-render/utils/scroll-lock';
 import { createEvent, parseHTMLString } from '../../../test-utils';
 
 const { platform } = window.navigator;
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ describe('scroll-lock', () => {
         preventDefault,
         stopPropagation,
         touches: [1],
+        target: {
+          closest: jest.fn(),
+        },
       };
       // init the scroll lock
       scrollLock.lockScroll(container);
@@ -67,6 +70,8 @@ describe('scroll-lock', () => {
       container.ontouchmove(touchMoveEvent);
       expect(preventDefault).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(stopPropagation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+      expect(touchMoveEvent.target.closest).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(touchMoveEvent.target.closest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`[${SCROLL_LOCK_DISABLE_ATTR}]`);
 
       // simulate scroll middle
       // simulate we have enough to scroll
@@ -81,6 +86,21 @@ describe('scroll-lock', () => {
       expect(preventDefault).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
       expect(stopPropagation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 
+      // simulate there is a scroll-lock-disable target
+      container.ontouchmove({
+        ...touchMoveEvent,
+        targetTouches: [{ clientY: -10 }],
+        target: {
+          closest: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({
+            ...container,
+            clientHeight: 150,
+          }),
+        },
+      });
+      // assert scrolling was allowed
+      expect(preventDefault).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(stopPropagation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
       scrollLock.unlockScroll(container);
       expect(container.ontouchmove).toBeFalsy();
       expect(container.ontouchstart).toBeFalsy();